Kashmir tension fosters radicalisation, says Kasuri

 He added that there would always be a minority opinion sympathising with the activities of the jihadis due to the staunch commitment of Pakistanis to the Kashmir cause.

“If that were not the case,” he says, “there would be no willing recruits from among the masses to the jihadi cause”. 

However, among influential sections of public opinion and in the corridors of power it was realised that Pakistan’s policy of support to non-state actors had actually boomeranged on it, says the senior leader of Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf party.

 He feels normalisation of relations between Pakistan and India will help pluralistic and liberal forces in Pakistan besides helping the conditions of minorities in both countries.